Kramon & Graham has a highly-regarded, nationally-ranked health care practice. We represent providers, hospitals, medical practices, urgent care facilities, and ambulatory centers in a variety of matters. We represent individual providers in licensing and credentialing and serve as hearing officers at proceedings mandated by hospital bylaws. In our health care practice, we have been on every side of the table, and we bring that insight and experience to each health care client we represent.
The intersection of medicine and law adds to the complexity of the delivery of health care services. Health care professionals and institutions face incredible risks and challenges – malpractice claims, disciplinary actions, HIPAA complaints, credentialing challenges, reimbursement disputes, insurance-coverage questions, and investigations of Medicare/Medicaid fraud, to name only a few. These challenges can threaten the livelihoods of health care providers. We have extensive experience representing clients in these areas.
Our health care experience is broad, and includes:
- Appearing on behalf of health care providers before licensing boards;
- Advising health care providers, hospitals, and other institutions on credentialing issues;
- Serving as hearing officers in credentialing proceedings;
- Defending claims of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, as well as providing advice and litigation services in reimbursement disputes;
- Reviewing and developing contracts for health care professionals, practices, and institutions;
- Serving as personal counsel to health care professionals in contract claims, including insurance-coverage issues, non-compete claims, and partnership disputes;
- Litigating medical malpractice claims;
- Providing risk management advice, including advice about HIPAA and the maintenance of medical records;
- Licensing and standard of care issues relating to teleheath and telemedicine; and
- Representing health care providers in personal disability claims.
Our attorneys have received national recognition in the representation of practitioners in licensing proceedings and malpractice claims. They are recognized as leaders in their fields by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, and Benchmark Litigation.
Representative Matters
Successfully represented a physician in an action arising from a hospital's denial of his application to renew his privileges after 18 years of having those privileges. After obtaining reversal of the trial court's order granting a Motion to Dismiss, the case resolved prior to trial. Kalan v. MedStar Georgetown Medical Center, Inc. 253 A. 3d 123 (2021).
Defended Major Hospital in Suit Brought by Credentialed Provider
Successfully defended a major hospital sued by one of its credentialed providers for imposing restrictions on the provider's privileges. The provider had sought damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees from the hospital and members of its medical executive staff and others, based on breach of contract, negligence, and tortious interference with contract and prospective advantage. Obtained summary judgment in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in favor of the hospital and all providers involved in the decision to impose the restrictions.
News
- 01/03/2024
In the Matter of Antavis Chavis, the Supreme Court of Maryland ruled that a bar applicant diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) had met his burden to prove that he had a "disability" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and that the testing accommodation he requested—50% additional time to take the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE)—was warranted. [Misc. No. 65, September Term, 2022]
- 05/07/2020
Kramon & Graham congratulates principal Natalie McSherry upon her selection by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law for its Distinguished Graduate Award.
- 11/21/2018
Kramon & Graham firm principal M. Natalie McSherry has been selected by the Maryland Daily Record as a 2018 Icon Honors recipient.
- 10/03/2018
Kramon & Graham is pleased to announce that M. Natalie McSherry has been elected chair of the board of the Maryland Legal Services Corporation. Natalie is the first woman in MLSC's 36-year history to hold this position.
- 05/09/2018
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, announced today that principal M. Natalie McSherry has been selected by the Maryland Daily Record as a recipient of the 2018 Leadership in Law Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 06/16/2017
Kramon & Graham principal Amy E. Askew, has been named Litigator of the Year by the Maryland State Bar Association Litigation Section Council.
- 03/15/2017
Amy E. Askew has been named to The Daily Record's 2017 list of Maryland's Top 100 Women.
- 10/17/2016
Natalie McSherry was recently elected chair of the Woodsboro Bank board of directors.
- 05/06/2014
On May 5, 2014, Governor O'Malley signed 200 bills into law. The media has focused on the Maryland Minimum Wage Act, House Bill 295, which will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by July 1, 2018. But what about those other 199 bills?
Publications
- 10/17/2014
- Maryland Physician Magazine Sept/Oct issue
Natalie McSherry wrote an article for physicians titled “How to Stay on the 'Right' Side of the Maryland Board of Physicians,” published in the Sept/Oct issue of Maryland Physician Magazine.
- 03/18/2013
Natalie McSherry authored an article addressing recent developments in the disciplinary process for Health Care professionals and addresses challenges affecting disciplinary reform.
- 01/31/2012
Natalie McSherry presented a paper to the Barristers Law Club.
Chambers USA has released the 2025 rankings of United States law firm practice groups and attorneys.
Chambers USA has released the 2024 rankings of United States law firm practice groups and attorneys. Fourteen of our attorneys are recognized for legal excellence and client service.
Kramon & Graham announced today that thirteen firm attorneys have been recognized for legal excellence and client service in the 2021 Chambers USA legal ranking guide.
Kramon & Graham received two national and twenty metropolitan rankings for professional excellence in the 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" list.
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, received two national and fourteen metropolitan rankings in the ninth edition of the recently published U.S. News – Best Lawyers annual directory.
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, has earned top marks in the 2020 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a leading legal guide that provides an in-depth analysis of commercial litigators in the United States.
Kramon & Graham announced today that ten firm attorneys are recognized for legal excellence and client service in the 2019 Chambers USA legal ranking guide. More than 40 percent of Kramon & Graham's principals are recognized in the directory.
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, has earned top marks in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America's leading business litigation firms and attorneys.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers has recognized Kramon & Graham in its 2019 "Best Law Firms" ranking guide.
Kramon & Graham announced today that five firm principals have been named "Lawyer of the Year" Baltimore in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, sixteen firm attorneys were selected for inclusion in the ranking guide. The attorneys represent Kramon & Graham's full range of practices from litigation to transactional services.
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, announced today that nine firm attorneys have been recognized for legal excellence and client service by the 2018 Chambers USA legal ranking guide.
The recently released U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" directory recognizes thirteen Kramon & Graham practices in its 2018 law firm guide.
Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, is pleased to announce that thirteen firm attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Kramon & Graham, one of Maryland's leading law firms, has been selected to appear in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm received top-tier status for its Commercial Litigation practice. Kramon & Graham has held the top position in this area for more than ten consecutive years.
Baltimore, MD (November 14, 2016) -- The recently released U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" directory recognizes thirteen Kramon & Graham practices in its 2017 law firm guide.
Kramon & Graham is pleased to announce that firm co-founder Andrew Jay Graham has been named the 2017 Litigation - Securities "Lawyer of the Year" and that Natalie McSherry has been named Medical Malpractice Defense "Lawyer if the Year" for Baltimore by The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S. The "Lawyer of the Year" distinction is presented to individuals who have received outstanding ratings from their peers in Best Lawyers surveys.
The 5th annual “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” published by Benchmark Litigation, honors the accomplishments of the nation's leading female trial lawyers.
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business announced its final rankings for the 2016 edition with Kramon & Graham receiving top-tier status in Band 1 for Commercial Litigation -- a position it has been honored to receive for more than ten consecutive years.
In the 2016 edition of “Best Law Firms,” Kramon & Graham receives National Tier ranking for its real estate and securities litigation practices and Tier 1 Metropolitan rankings for ten of its practice areas, including real estate, litigation, criminal defense, health care, and insurance law.
Benchmark Litigation, a leading legal guide that identifies U.S. trial attorneys and law firms, has selected five of the firm's principals as local "Litigation Stars."
Kramon & Graham is pleased to announce the recognition of several of its attorneys in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Kramon & Graham, P.A. is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys are ranked in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA, a highly respected annual guide of America’s leading lawyers. The Firm, along with only two other law firms in Maryland, is again ranked in Band 1 – the highest ranking – for Litigation.
Benchmark Litigation has announced that Kramon & Graham, P.A. is the winner of Benchmark’s award for the Maryland Law Firm of the Year for 2015.
Kramon & Graham is pleased to announce that eight of its Principals have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Natalie McSherry is the only Maryland attorney listed in Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation this year.
Kramon & Graham, P.A. is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys are ranked in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA, a prestigious annual guide of America’s leading lawyers. The Firm, along with only two other law firms in Maryland, is again ranked in Band 1 – the highest ranking – for Litigation.
The 2014 edition of Benchmark Litigation has ranked Kramon & Graham, P.A. in the top tier of litigation firms in Maryland.
Kramon & Graham is proud to announce that eight firm principals are listed in the 2014 Edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Kramon & Graham is recognized in the top band of Maryland law firms for Commercial Litigation, according to Chambers USA.
Kramon & Graham is listed in the 2013 edition of Benchmark Litigation, the “definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms & attorneys.”
Kramon & Graham is proud to announce that eight firm principals have been listed in the Nineteenth Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Chambers quotes a source as saying Kramon & Graham is “a fine firm full of high-quality lawyers.”
Natalie McSherry has been honored for her litigation skills in Top 250 Women in Litigation.
Best Lawyers recognized the firm for 10 practice areas.